March 16, 2010 Discount tickets to financial management seminar Nationally renowned personal finance expert Dave Ramsey offers special discounted tickets to Charleston's local military members for his Total Money Makeover Live presentation, Tuesday, 13 April from 6:00 - 9:30 p.m. at the North Charleston Coliseum.According to a recent study by the Military Family
March 16, 2010 Bringing our heroes home When a life is on the line time matters. Members of the 10th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, know this all too well because it's their job to bring wounded American heroes home from the war.These flying medical teams take health care to another level,
March 16, 2010 Above and Beyond: Citizen Airman comes to the aid of RAF aircrew The December homecoming of Tech. Sgt. Ed Wilkerson, 53rd Aerial Port Squadron, Pope Air Force Base N.C., had added significance for his home unit and a fighter squadron thousands of miles away.The aerial porter returned after serving as a ramp NCOIC with the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing, Kandahar
March 15, 2010 Treating the masses to a merry pot-o-gold, Air Force style Master Sergeant Alan Jenkins treats the masses to a merry pot-o-gold, Air Force style. Sergeant Jenkins is an Air Force Reserve Recruiter with the 315th Airlift Wing at the Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. The 315 AW's miniature replica of the C-17 made a much welcomed appearance Saturday at the
March 9, 2010 Secretary Gates: Elections show Iraq's progress The Iraqi election process shows how far the country has come, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said March 7 here.Secretary Gates received reports on the Iraqi election from Army Gen. Ray Odierno, the U.S. commander in the country. General Odierno had expected a high number of high-profile attacks
March 7, 2010 Air Force Reservists called to active duty More than 260 Air Force Reserve flight crew members, maintenance technicians and support personnel were notified yesterday to report to active duty.The reserve members of the 315th Airlift Wing at Charleston AFB, are being called to support Operation Enduring Freedom. The reservists are given 30
March 6, 2010 NEIL ARMSTRONG & AVIATION LEGENDS VISIT THE TROOPS There are only a hand full of names that will actually go down in history and one of them, along with some close friends, dazzled AMC passengers at Ramstein, Air Base, Germany on Saturday.Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon and true American hero, made his way through the Ramstein AMC
March 5, 2010 Social media policy balances Web 2.0 with security The new policy allowing access to social media from computers connected to the Defense Department's unclassified network balances the mission value of Web 2.0 tools and the need for security, a top defense official said. Since being hired as principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for public
March 4, 2010 End of an era Master Sgt. Lou Marino (right), a loadmaster with the 701st Airlift Squadron, Charleston AFB, S.C., poses with Master Sgt. Dennis Moore on the ramp at Ramstein AB, Germany. Sergeant Marino has 6,945 flight hours in the C-17 Globemaster III and 14,673 total career flight hours, one of the highest
Feb. 24, 2010 Leadership summits offered to Guard & Reserve teens 2/19/2010 - ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Teens with a parent in the Air Force Reserve or Air National Guard can sign up to attend a free leadership summit this summer. April 16 is the deadline to apply for the 2010 AFR/ANG Teen Leadership Summits. Participants must be 14 to 18 years old.